HNTB Corporation

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure design firm founded in 1914. The company provides engineering, architecture, planning and construction services for public infrastructure projects in the United States, including bridges, highways, transit systems and airports. Its technical domains span civil engineering, bridge engineering, highway design, transit systems planning, airport planning, high-speed rail, architecture, urban planning and construction management.

Its work covers the design and major replacement of bridges, highway and roadway systems for regional travel, transit systems linking neighbourhoods, airport infrastructure, and high-speed rail and other complex infrastructure challenges. The firm has been in operation for more than 110 years and works within the infrastructure, transportation, bridges, highways, transit, aviation and rail sectors.

HNTB is 100% employee-owned through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), so all employees are owners. The company states an ownership mindset oriented towards long-term thinking, a focus on the quality of its work, and values of integrity, respect and continuous improvement. It describes a commitment to the communities it serves, noting that many of its employees come from those communities and that its projects form part of daily life.